Supreme Court Calendar

9:00 A.M. OLYMPIA May 15, 2012

Case No. 1 - 85382-7 COUNSEL

DOUGLAS FELLOWS as Personal Representative of the Estate of JORDAN GALLINAT
          v.
DANIEL MOYNIHAN, M.D., et al.

Donald Wobbrock/John Budlong

Mary Spillane/Daniel Ferm/Michael Wiswall/
John Graffe, Jr./ Kim Holmes/Amy Thompson Forbis/
Jennifer Gannon Crisera

SYNOPSIS: Plaintiff Douglas Fellows sued Southwest Washington Medical Center, alleging that the hospital negligently authorized its doctors to perform certain procedures. Is Fellows entitled to the hospital’s records documenting whether it actually authorized its doctors to perform these procedures? Is Fellows entitled to records announcing the hospital's decision to discipline one of its doctors?


Case No. 2 - 86842-5 COUNSEL

GASTON CORNU-LABAT
          v.
HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 2 GRANT COUNTY d/b/a QUINCY VALLEY HOSPITAL

Brendan Donckers/David Mann

Jerome Aiken/Peter Ritchie

SYNOPSIS: Are records generated during a public hospital district's investigation into complaints about a physician employee exempt from disclosure under Washington's Public Records Act?


1:30 P.M.

Case No. 3 - 86270-2 COUNSEL

STATE OF WASHINGTON
          v.
LEYSA LYNN SWEANY & LEAH LYNN SWEANY

Terry Bloor

Thomas Kummerow/ Susan Gasch

SYNOPSIS: Does sufficient evidence support the Sweanys' convictions for first degree arson?


Case No. 4 - 86399-7 COUNSEL

STATE OF WASHINGTON
          v.
LISA ANN BYRD

Kevin Eilmes

Susan Gasch

SYNOPSIS: The court must decide whether the search incident to arrest exception justifies a warrantless search of a passenger's purse when a police officer reaches into a car, removes the purse from the passenger's lap, and places it on the ground before securing the passenger in a patrol car and searching the purse.

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